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Table 7 Subjects’ performance of sub-skills operating at sentence level by reading levels

From: The interface between unitary hypothesis and componential approach to testing reading skills: do subjects show similar levels of performance with respect to specific reading sub-skills in tests representing both theories? Descriptive correlational study

No

Sub-skills

No of test items

Scores achieved

Independent reading level

Instructional reading level

Frustration reading level

1

Understanding functional value of sentences

3

23

48%

27

43%

24

35%

2

Recognizing presuppositions underlying the text

1

14

88%

14

67%

15

65%

3

Recognizing implications and making inference

2

23

72%

20

48%

15

33%

  1. *N = high scorers 16; average scorers 21; low scorers 23
  2. Expected scores: independent reading level 48/16/32; instructional reading level 63/21/42; frustration reading level 69/23/46